Toufic Ahmad Choudhury
Toufic Ahmad Choudhury is a Bangladesh economist and banker. He is the former director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management.[1][2] He is the director general of the Bangladesh Academy for Securities Markets, a wing of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission.[3][4] He is a founding member of the Dhaka School of Economics.[5] He is an independent director at Eastern Bank.[6]
Early life
[edit]Choudhury did his undergraduate at Jahangirnagar University in 1979 and his PhD at Himachal Pradesh University in 1990.[7][8]
Career
[edit]Chwodhury joined the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies as a research associate.[9] He joined the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management as a lecturer in 1981and became a full professor in 1997.[9] He is the chairperson of the audit committee and member of the risk management committee of Eastern Bank Limited.[9]
Choudhury called for allowing Farmers Bank to die, contradicting the minister of finance Abul Maal Abdul Muhith who advocated for saving the bank.[10] He blamed the high interest rates in Bangladesh on the large number of defaulted loans in July 2019.[11] He is a director of EBL Investments Limited.[9] He is an ambassador of Valor of Bangladesh.[12]
Choudhury is a member of the board of governors of the Bangladesh Academy for Securities Markets.[13] He is an independent director at Eastern Bank and C&A Textiles Limited.[7] He is a founding member of the governing body of the Dhaka School of Economics.[7][14] He is an adjunct faculty of East West University.[15] He is the chairperson of D.Net.[16] He is a member of the Bangladesh Economic Association.[14] He is a director of the National Credit Ratings Limited.[17]
Bibliography
[edit]- Banking Research Series 2019: A Compilation of Research Workshop Papers[18]
References
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- ^ "Banks lack disaster recovery plan: BIBM study". The Daily Star. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "City Bank's Tk 85cr investment in Sea Pearl raises eyebrows". The Daily Star. 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Welcome to BASM - BASM". basm.org.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "FOUNDER | U-Department | Dhaka School of Economics". Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Eastern Bank PLC. | EBL approves 25% dividend for 2021". www.ebl.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ a b c "Toufic Choudhury: Positions, Relations and Network - MarketScreener". ca.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ hrsoftbd. "Professor Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury". bea-bd.org (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ a b c d "Board of Directors". EBL Investments Limited. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Farmers Bank should 'die': BIBM DG". New Age. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "'Default loan causes high interest rate'". The Daily Star. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Valor of Bangladesh | AMBASSADORS". www.valorofbangladesh.com. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Board of Governors - BASM". basm.org.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ a b "Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury". Dhaka School of Economics. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ Ltd, M. Tauhedul Amin, SoftBD. "Faculty view". fbe.ewubd.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Governance". Dnet. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "National Credit Ratings Limited (NCRBD). A Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh - About". www.ncrbd.com. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management". www.bibm.org.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-29.